shows. you'll see me as a correspondent throughout the day on abc. it's been a lot of fun for the past two years working alongside you. you're a dear friend. moments away on good morning washington -- breaking news, a double shooting in southeast d.c., a gunman still on the loose. i am going to take my teletek south beach and join the miami heat. >> lebron james is moving to miami. what does the weekends have in store after all of some were hoping for. >> here we are. going to miami. surprise. >> good morning, washington.

i am doug mcelway. >> i am alison starling. it is friday. we are ready for the weekend. let's begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> muscoda adam caskey first. it was delightful yesterday evening with the wind blowing. >> you get used to the humidity after a while. the good news is the timing is not perfect, but we need rain. there's good news in the rain department. tomorrow looks like a pretty active day. there's a cold front that will continue pushing to the east. there's an offshore low pressure system that it will join forces with. we will have showers may in the late tonight throughout the day tomorrow, off and on rain saturday. 92 degrees today, partly cloudy, for a few isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.

off and on showers tomorrow. sunday we will clear up with a lot of sunshine, near 90. tomorrow there will be clouds and showers keeping us a little cooler, 83 degrees. we could see about an inch of rain. on moving overnight construction of the beltway. at branch avenue of up to pennsylvania avenue, that should be gone by the time you get there. at kenilworth ave., the construction is being hauled off the roadway. beautiful in bethesda. no issues on 95, 395, 66 and a good run to the wilson bridge. alison and doug. >> thank you. d.c. police are investigating a double shooting in southeast. one victim was shot in the 3500 block of 19th street and the second shot in the 3400 block of stanton road. both were transported to the hospital and one of them in grave condition.

no motive is known. we are turning to a major cold war style trade. 10 spies are going back to moscow in exchange for four people accused of betraying russia. we are learning more about what went on behind the scenes with all of this. courtney robinson is live in a satellite center. good morning. >> at this moment those 10 un- registered foreign agents are on the way back to russia in return for four military intelligence officers held in russia for spying for the cia will be sent west. administration officials will not comment on where that will occur. some of the individuals are in poor health. the town never collected sensitive information, but this case sends a message to the world that those of spying on america will be caught. all 10, including the three arrested in arlington pleaded

guilty in a manhattan federal court for conspiring to act as un-registered agents for the russian federation. they have already served 11 days. their children will also be sent back to russia. vicky pelaez is an american citizen. the russian government promised to give her a children $2,000 a month, free housing and visas. a nuclear researcher named igor sutyagin will never be able to prove his innocence and? he was not spying for the cia. the other major deal making headlines is lebron james moving to miami. the free agent made the announcement.

he's joining dwyane wade and chris bosh. we'll talk about his decision a little later in sports. an exclusive one-on-one interview with robin roberts today on good morning america little later. d.c. councilman harry thomas is calling for an investigation into the large number of outages. he said that pepco should respond faster to the outages. he is urging the d.c. government to open more neighborhood-based cooling centers. rockville residents face water restrictions through known tomorrow. the water main break on wednesday sent water shooting into the air. rockville officials say you should stop all dollaoutdoor war usage and limit indoor water usage. president obama is on the offensive against republicans. months before the midterm election.

senate majority leader harry reid, obama said the upcoming elections are a choice between the party that caused the economic meltdown and the one that is fixing it. >> you don't want to put them in charge. you don't want to put them behind the wheel, given their track record. they have been leaving on the road when it comes to fiscal responsibility. -- weaving on the road. >> president obama will speak out today about the economy at the university of nevada-las vegas. a federal appeals court has rejected the government's effort to keep a six-month deepwater drilling moratorium in place. that was necessary, according to the federal government. the appeals court said the federal government failed to

show that would be irreparable damage. concerns about air quality in the gulf coast. the epa says that the error in some towns along the louisiana coast pose a moderate health risk. anyone unusually sensitive to low quality air should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion. still ahead, the showdown to save a local school is over. we will hear from emotional parents and students about the decision to close clifton elementary. metro is putting more railcars back in service. will it be a weekend to spend indoors or aside? the

>> 5:10 a.m. on this friday. meteorologist adam caskey.

the forecast includes rain. if parts of our region are in a severe drought, mainly maryland. a good chance of rain today. as the cold front pushes slowly to the east, saturday looks pretty damp. sunday looks sunny. partly cloudy today with a few isolated thundershowers later today. more on that weekend straight ahead. thrilling ride around town. no problems on the beltway or interstate. let's look at route 4 and route 5, 228, 210 all good into oxon hill, love the chip to annapolis. baltimore washington parkway looks clean. no issues according to metrorail.

everything is on time. driving through virginia, 66, 95, 395 moving at speed. back to you. >> thank you. 12 of the 100 railcars metropolitan of service are back on the tracks. it moved to the cars -- rumbled to the cars because of concerns the doors could open while in motion. six cars are being checked and returned to service today. the job should be complete by the end of the month. even g4 degrees in rosslyn. we will tell you about the latest trend for vending machines that is for adults only. we'll have details. they are taking history and saying it does not matter. >> emotions run high as parents and students more loss of a

> 10 russian spies on the way back to russia. they left for moscow just hours after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges in the new york courts. four people convicted of beating russia will be sent to the united states. d.c. police are investigating the connection between two overnight shootings in southeast. one of them shot in the 3500 block of 19th street and another in the 3400 block of stanton road. 50 people behind bars after violent protests in the streets of oakland. to the racial unrest followed the verdict and a controversial trial. a former transit officer was convicted thursday of involuntary manslaughter and not murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. a showdown to save a fairfax county elementary school is over. the school board has decided to close that beijing clifton

elementary school. jay korff tells us why. -- aging clifton elementary. >> the fairfax county school board voted to close their beloved clifton elementary. >> parents and kids are crying. >> one of the most divisive issues the body has seen in years. their small-town neighborhood school not only has high academic standards but also serves as the social center of the community. there were high renovation costs and increasing involvement projections and a number of safety concerns. >> we would have to spend between 8 million and $12 million to renovate. opponents say those issues are either exaggerated or unsolvable. -- or solvable.

clifton parents are devastated. >> the school has been here more than a century. it is heartbreaking. 5:16, time for traffic and weather. >> we begin this morning with adam caskey. lisa baden, rather. did you cut your hair? >> i did. >> i love it. >> thank you. >> you get to watch and go. >> a shalit tara -- a shout out to tara. you did a good job. it lights are southbound on 270 falls road. increasing volume on 66 in manassas at 50 fair oaks. as far as the trip out of

woodbridge getting to springfield on 95, normal. lukin nicely to the pentagon from springfield. lpartly cloudy through the day with an onshore flow, a little disturbance causing these clouds. not a big deal. it is yin amid like yesterday. right now is in the '70s. 76 in the district, 71 and huntingtown. let's go to the almanac data. yesterday it was 95. 80 degrees was a record hot low temperature. we are in a severe drought in three counties. the rest of us are in a moderate drought. the good thing is we have some good news insight. there's a counterclockwise

rotation around a low pressure system is enough to give us an onshore flow and send a disturbance in our direction. a cold front is going to slowly move through from the west, which will slide through tonight and threw out tomorrow. today, partly cloudy, 92. cannot will not an isolated late day thundershower especially to the west of the metro area. in the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. off and on scattered showers tomorrow. we need the rain. 83 degrees. saturday, sunshine, 90 degrees. today and sunday are maybe the best days to go to the beach. the latest vending machine trend targets the over 21 crowd. and 3-d is coming to the palm of your hand. jeremy hubbard has those stories and more. sony brings 3-d to its point and shoot cameras. they feature a 3-d panorama

mode. it captures a rapid-fire burst of pictures as you sweep the camera account. the software does the rest. you will not be able to see the effect on the view finder. if you will need a 3-d television or computer. the camera is released in september. a japanese company claims it has solved a problem. the company has developed a charger that needs only three minutes for 50% charge and five minutes for up to about 70% for the electric car. the company expects the charge to yin-stations all over japan by next month. microsoft is rolling out a new version of its hotmail e-mail service to some users. new features to address spam and goleta and divya tools to manage your in box -- andaddres

spam and it gives a few tools to manage your in box. >> it is stacking up nicely against its competitors of yahoo! and gmail. >> pennsylvania residents can get wine in vending machines. you choose on a touch screen display, in your id, blew into an alcohol sensor and you get your wine. it takes about 20 seconds. log on to technology page of abcnews.com. those are your "tech bytes" and diane jeremy hubbard. seve -- i am jeremy hubbard. we will tell you where lebron james will be this fall.

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finally the decision has been made. lebron james is going to miami. >> last night he declared that he will be leaving cleveland for the miami heat. dwyane wade and chris bosh will

be there as well. he says this gives him the best chance to win a championship. >> the franchise has put themselves in a position to have all three of us. those are two of the greatest players we have and the game today. we are going to be really good team. >> his decision did not go over well with the owner of the cleveland cavaliers. gilbert blasted lebron james and even called yin narcissistic. >> robin roberts will have him on "good morning america" today. we will deal from him today. the nationals could not pull off the series sweep with san diego. they ran up against iraqi. the young pitcher of the padres. he is 10 and four, but not all

the all-star team. another all-star oversight is ryan chin ormzimmerman. he deserves to be an all-star. zoto is the triple crown champion and equally deserving. the nationals are having a great season. 74 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. new details about the beating death of yeardley love, how police may have missed the major clue. we need this cold front to move through. we are going to get. we'll talk about

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live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. >> straight ahead this half- hour, the biggest spy swaps since the cold war. we will tell you what was in it for us. good morning, washington. welcome back on this friday morning, july 9. i am alison starling. >> i am doug mcelway. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. looks a lot better than the past

couple days. >> it is still rather humid. but it was 95 degrees yesterday, the hottest morning we have had on record for july 7. it is the highest low temperature we have ever had. only 95 degrees for the high temperature yesterday. right now it's mainly in the mid to upper 70's. 75 at dulles airport, 77 at reagan national, 75 at b.w.i. marshall. 92 this afternoon. a few late-day thunderstorms. rain off and on tomorrow, 83 degrees. we need showers. sunny and dry on sunday and 90. \ >> south into richmond is good, to the bay bridge tunnel problems north into baltimore. breezy getting to 270 and to the

front row. travel times are in our favor. not only on 95. fredericksburg and baltimore as well. looks good on the green lake, 66, 270. the beltway at university blvd. running smoothly. alison and doug. >> thank you. breaking news on this friday, d.c. police are investigating a double shooting in southeast overnight. one victim shot in the 35 under a block of 19th street. a second victim shot in the 3400 block of stanton road. both transported to the hospital. one of them was in grave condition. no suspects or motives. our top story, the biggest spy swaps since the cold war. 10 confessed spies boarded a plane for moscow last night just hours after pleading guilty to conspiracy. courtney robinson is in the satellite center with what the

deal held for the united states and what is next. >> these agents never collected sensitive information. they will receive a full yuan military and intelligence officers -- the united states will receive four military and intelligence officers from the united states including igor. 10 un-registered russian agents on their way to mother russia never to return to the u.s. again. prosecutors say it is a message to russia and the rest of the world. >> if you spy on americans in america, you will be exposed. >> a lynsey investigation exposed to the 10 people, including the three living in virginia in arlington. michael zottoli and patricia mills are part of the ring that pleaded to acting as an

unregistered agents of a foreign country, receiving time served, just 11 days. as for their two young children, they will also go back to russia. the two school grade daughters of an new jersey couple will go to moscow. >> i was completely discombobulated. >> there are three children who will not go to russia. the woman is not from russia. she was promised to be taken care of by the russian government with $2,000 a month. councilman harry thomas is upset about the large number of outages that hit the fifth lord. he says pepco should have responded more quickly to the

colleges. -- outages that hit the fifth ward. water restrictions remain in place through unknown to muggle for boxville. there are still repairing the water main. -- rockville. limits using dishwashers and washing machines. charges have been dropped against three maryland students arrested the night of the riot after the basketball team defeated duke. they were among 28 arrested for the evening of that game. none of the three students were involved in those allegations of police brutality. details about the deadly beating of yeardley love. court documents say that the accused killer george huguely told police that she was wearing a black t-shirt when he left the

apartment, but witnesses told police that she was on the wearing underwear when they found her. police did not collect the t- shirts initially and the subsequent search failed to turn up the shirt which might have had trace evidence. president obama will speak out about the economy at the university of nevada-las vegas. last night campaigned for harry reid. last night he said the upcoming midterm is a choice between the republican party that caused the economic meltdown and the democratic party that is trying to fix its. the first of two relief wells being drilled to stop the gulf coast oil spill could be done by the end of the month according to bp. the epa is investigating whether the oil spill could be tried to blow air quality in towns along the louisiana coast. -- low air quality.

yesterday an appeals court rejected the government's moratorium on deepwater drilling. still ahead, the story has everybody talking, lebron james is leaving cleveland for the sunshine state. we will have a live report. more trouble for parts of texas already under water, laraine auglaize soon. more traf

>> i am with the ocean city beach patrol. this is our life guard certification. >> good morning, washington. heavy rain from tropical depression is counting parts of the u.s.-mexico border. forecasters predict up to about 8 inches. bad news for the region still coping with the effects of hurricane alex. the real grand river is 15 times its normal size. -- rio grande. it is 75 degrees outside. we are on the right track. >> a big improvement from yesterday. what is the list? -- the word? >> we will get improvement in the temperature department and

we will get the needed rainfall. humidity will be dropping on sunday. yesterday morning was the warmest july 8 morning on record with a low temperature of 80 degrees. that was at reagan national. a cold front is coming from the west. that will slowly drive through our area and caused shall restore the day tomorrow along with a feature coming off the ocean. 92 degrees today. we cannot rule out an isolated thundershower. tomorrow it is looking wet, off and on showers throughout the day saturday even at the beaches. 90 on saturday, a constable. around the beltway it is comfortable. metrorail reports there on time systemwide. if no issues to report to getting out of town. let's take you to virginia.

northbound 395, left side is northbound. looks normal to the pentagon. maryland is moving nicely, the reds is southbound 270 and montrose. back to you. >> thank you. 75 degrees, 5:41. conan o'brien could get to the last laugh. we will tell you why. king james has made his decision. he is moving to miami. we'll have reaction3q

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of trying russia to the united states. d.c. police are investigating the connection between two overnight shootings in southeast. one victim was shot in the 3500 block of 19th street and another victim shot in the 3400 block of stanton road. there is no known motive. the search is over for two missing after a bullet crashed in philadelphia. the coast guard suspended their rescue efforts last night after calling 14 square miles over $20. the boat collided with a large wednesday afternoon. there are hurt feelings in cleveland and celebrations in southern florida. king james is moving to miami. mike conneen is live with more on the media hype and the emotional fan reaction. it is not just cleveland fans that are upset this morning. the owner of the cavaliers, dan

gilbert says lebron james did not give his best during last season's playoffs. he said, "you don't deserve this kind of collar lead the trail." but lebron says it is about winning championships. in miami the fans erupted with excitement when they heard the news. >> i am going to take my talent to south beach. >> there was heated reaction in his hometown of cleveland. a few fans became violent. >> we are used to disappointment in cleveland. >> it is disappointing but i understand why he did it. >> lebron made its announcement on the home turf of the new york knicks. >> it is a knowledge.

-- an outrage. >> dwyane wade and chris bosh will join him in miami, forming a trifecta. >> of what to be able to win championships. -- i want to be able to binge championships. >> later this morning on good morning america of robin roberts will have an exclusive sit down with lebron james. mike conneen reporting for northwest. >> a lot of emotions out there. thank you. d.c. council chairman vincent gray is calling on mayor adrian fenty to fire attorney general peter nicholckles. he's accusing nichols of

protecting the mayor as cronies and of being a hatchet man. adrian fenty was pulled over this week on wednesday night for not using his turn signal before making a right-hand turn. if that carries up to $100 fine in d.c. but the officer if elected not to fine the mayor. marriages that take place outside of virginia are not valid in the commonwealth. that applies even if the couple has obtained a legal virginia marriage license and the ceremony is performed by a person and has the right to do so. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli issued the legal opinion in may. people in the erbitux and glen neighborhood of electronically monitored to make sure they recycle. electronic chips have been placed in recycling bins.

you don't recycle, you get a warning letter or a personal visit and then a fine. the council will decide whether to expand the program to the entire city. in patuxent. >> a little bit of an improvement outside. >> yesterday morning was 80 degrees, the longest morning for that day july 8 on record at reagan national. 77 today. that's for the morning temperature. it is muggy a side. there's a good chance of rain tomorrow and a slight chance today. some drought relief is on the way tomorrow. right now the sun is just rising over the horizon. there are scattered clouds. there's an onshore flow giving us these conditions. that will be the case the other day. 72 and winchester, 75 in the

district, 77 at reagan national. 75 at dulles airport, 71 in huntingtown. 80 degrees was the record warm low temperature yesterday morning. 88 is the average high temperature. a few degrees cooler than the 95 from yesterday today. 93 today. we are under a severe doubts mainly in calvert county. most of the region is under moderate drought. the cold front from the west means releases on the lake. it will move east and lattuca are region late tonight. -- the cold front from the west means relief is on the way. 92 today, partly cloudy,

isolated thunder showers this afternoon. 83 tomorrow with off and on rain. over an inch of rain by the time it's done saturday evening. sunday, a lot of sunshine, 90 degrees. it will be comfortable with low humidity on sunday. a lot of people will be going to the beaches on saturday but it will be kind of rainy. we need a quiet riot and that is what we have. normal travel times a roundabout way. looks great in maryland and virginia, to and from the wilson bridge, no complaints into northeast or southeast d.c. a comfortable to along the freeway. looking to the green light on the dulles greenway. to 695 looks fine. to and from the american legion bridge, no problems. conan o'brien did not last

long on the tonight show. but he was nominated for best variety, music, or comedy series for the emmy awards. the material that came from the shuffling was regarded as some of his best whatever. jay leno and david letterman was not nominated. >> good for him. he is coming back on television in the fall. >> yes. lindsay lohan will go to jail. her attorney resigned from the case just after releasing a statement on thursday calling the 90-day jail sentence harsh and unfair. i have heard a lot of attorneys say that was unusual and that the judge may have been trying to make an example of the

actress. want to talk about steven colbert. he has entered the immigration debate. he an honorary member of the united from workers of america, challenging the unemployed americans to take our jobs. the government says more than half of farm workers are illegal immigrants but they're not taking jobs from americans. they have received four applications so far if you count steven colbert. >> a lot of people complain that illegal immigrants are taking jobs away, but the jobs are not the ones americans want to do. we love your hair cut, lisa baden. one of my facebook fans want me to tell you that your new hair style looks great. >> will thank you.

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moments away on good morning washington -- breaking news, a double shooting in southeast washington and the gunman on the loose. i will take my talent to south beach and join the miami heat. >> lebron james is moving to miami. >> after a week of record- setting heat, what does the weekend to hold in store? good morning washington begins right now. live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. good morning, washington. 6:00 on this july 9. i am doug mcelway. >> i am alison starling. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. traffic and weather every ten minutes. let's let's begin with adam minutes. let's let's begin with adam